Sara Rubenstein

This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

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PROP - PR Over Policy.

Don't confuse them.

He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.

Dems need to be strategic.

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Resist

"If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal'"

-- John F. Kennedy

About sums it up if you ask me.

FreeDUMB!!!

The people who think they are oppressed are "top bankers" who can't say slurs at work.

Late last night, thinking of all there is to be grateful for even with the uncertainty for what is ahead.

Happy New Year!

I've heard countless criticisms about how the Democratic is no longer the party of the working-class.

Sociologists call that successful propaganda, otherwise known as bullshit.

Feels like every hotel, airplane, car, new home, etc implemented standard USB ports and literally the same year the entire tech world changed over to USB-C

There’s no such thing as working productively with MAGA nihilists like Elon, Vivek and RFK, Jr. They want to bring down our Republic. Don’t normalize them by pointing out a few of their good ideas.

You can’t play nice with the leopards. Let them into your house and they will eat your face.

Thou shalt not pretend that wanting everyone to have healthcare is “radical.”

Jeffries: "We've seen repeatedly amongst my extreme MAGA Republican colleagues that they say one thing to the American people before the election and then do something different after the election. House Republicans said they were gonna protect Social Security and Medicare ... "

When you spent billions and destroyed your brand to recreate 1930's Germany and got 1780's France instead.

The ‘Mainstream Media’ Has Already Lost The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.

A very smart piece by Helen Lewis.👇

"We have to let go of the notion that “mainstream media” is a category reserved only for journalists guided by a professional code of ethics, a mission of public service, and an aspiration toward objectivity or at least fairness."

Senator Sherrod Brown FIGHTING for people's RIGHT to Social Security to his last moment in Congress. That's a CHAMPION.

I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.

Thou Shalt Not Deny People Health Insurance Capitalism and healthcare do not mix.

People hate health insurance companies with a passion. They’re not laughing because someone died—they’re laughing because the system that crushed them finally took a hit.

I’ll support a chair for DNC who’s willing to stop playing chess in a boxing match

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

Crockett: I can't say why my colleagues are acting the way that they are. I can say that the American people are tired of us bringing a butter knife to a real fight

People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.

It’s not rocket science.

What if tech bros were the real villains all along?

Very true and an important point. Unfortunately I don’t see this getting better while both journalists and sources are scared of retribution from an executive branch willing to punish people who say things they don’t like. Would be thrilled to be wrong here.

Relevant to the discussion- we are being given news influencers in place of news by design

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Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.

I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.

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I think the packaging of longer form primary sources into talking points, videos, and social media content in a coordinated fashion is an important part of this equation.

Also, most social media has throttled access to primary sources which has boosted the rise and reach of the secondary sources.

Frame Warfare: The Right's Battle For Your Brain One of the first pieces Resolute Square published was this by Dr. Jen Mercieca in Dec. 2022. It's essential reading today with Trump poised to return to the White House because right-wing framing is d...

With Trump as President-elect, Dr. @jenmercieca.bsky.social
's article from Dec. 2022--one of the first pieces ever published by Resolute Square-- is more relevant than ever. Right-wing frame warfare is dangerous to democracy - and it's becoming more intense.
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